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Tavi Gevinson, the wunderkind of fashion reporting and editor of the new teen mag Rookie, adds two more gold stars to her already stylish resume: acting and singing. This Sunday, the tween queen is set to sing Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" at The Standard East Village, promoting her first voice acting role in CADAVER, a short animated film starring Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd. We spoke with director Jonah Ansell about his upcoming film, working with Tavi, and his fondness for food and Chicago.

[Photo: Jonah Ansell, Tavi Gevinson] More»

Congratulations to the cast of The Help, which bagged Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Ensemble Cast last night at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the boozy step-daughter of the Academy. Since the SAG comprises 22% of the Academy Awards vote, this could also bode well for the film in scoring a few Oscars. A complete list of winners (Betty White! Alec Baldwin! Mary Tyler Moore!), and highlights from the evening (including the Bridesmaids/Scorsese drinking game), after the jump.

[Photo: John Krasinski, Tina Fey]

Greed is good! Greed is back! After 23 years, the sequel to every stockbroker's favorite film, "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" had it's New York premiere Monday night at the Ziegfield Theatre. More»

Noah Baumbach's Greenberg opens today. Ben Stiller stars as the titular lead--a listless, adrift and regretful man entering middle age a complacent failure. The feel-good movie of the year is set in LA and is the latest in a string of movies by and about New Yorkers moping around Los Angeles. More»

Moments after Kathryn Bigelow became the first female Best Director Oscar winner for The Hurt Locker, goons celebrated the breakthrough and defaced the movie's Wikipedia page with petty, vile sexism. Can we check the tape to see if Harvey Weinstein was tapping away on his iPhone as they announced the win? More»

All sorts of "leaks" are spoiling/drumming up interest in Sunday's Oscar ceremony. And the show's biggest get so far is Oprah Winfrey, who'll (almost certainly) introduce Gabourey Sidibe for Best Actress in Precious: Etc., which Winfrey co-produced. More»

The Tulsa C.P.A. Convention Oscar Nominees Luncheon brings 120 Academy Award hopefuls together for a group shot despite earlier fisticuffs between Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges over that last pig in a blanket.

(Photo Courtesy of Awards Circuit Blog)

Cupid's arrow failed to strike the flattened asses of movie critics as they endured screenings of would-be rom-com blockbuster Valentine's Day. Only 13% of Rotten Tomatoes notices are positive, with several scathing reviews ripping the cinematic Hallmark card to shreds. How bad could the fallout be? More»

Ishmael Reed wrote in the Times that while white movie critics and the Academy adore the gritty Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, it inspires "widespread revulsion and anger" among the black viewers that make up its ostensible target audience. More»

Anne Hathaway announced the Oscar nominations today. There were few surprises on the list (aside from Hathaway rising before dawn to read it). Even more predictable are all but a handful of the eventual winners. Herein, five ways to avoid the biggest Oscar yawn-fest ever (which is saying something). More»

Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning. The Globes, basically the poor man's Academy Awards, are routinely mocked by Hollywood while at the same time being taken deadly seriously as a box office booster and Oscar predictor. This year's nomination slate, though short on huge surprises, More»